Great work in math education (through blogs and Star Wars)

You say “looks like somebody has too much time on their hands” but all I hear is “I’m sad because I don’t know what creativity feels like.”

I love this mentality and followed it down the path to an excellent community of high school math/physics teachers, all blogging about how they try to keep students engaged, motivate the topics they teach, make grades meaningful, etc. Two of my favorites are Shawn Cornally and Dan Meyer:

Here is an overview of some other discussions in this math-teacher blogosphere. That includes some back-and-forth on Khan Academy, which I think is doing great work but I agree with the criticism that his videos can come across as “This is a required class, so let me help you pass the quiz,” instead of “This is an awesome subject, so let me get you hooked on it.” It’s much better than nothing, but there’s room for even more goodness…

Plenty of other great great blogs to share, but that’s a start for now.